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Re: Question for Google Apps for Edu email users
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Shannon Peevey)
Thu Nov 10 13:57:00 2011
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Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:54:48 -0600
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From: Shannon Peevey <speeves@stolaf.edu>
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> Zimbra (we use VMware now)
>
carleton.edu (with whom we collaborate) went with Zimbra ~2008. My only
real experience was with connecting Blackberry's for syncing, and the sync
tool was limited somehow. (I think that it didn't sync with the calendar at
the time). But, someone at Carleton could weigh in on their experiences.
Zimbra was our other alternative, and we felt that the Google product was
the most compelling.
> Oracle's Collaboration Suite
>
http://www.macalester.edu/ migrated from Oracle CS to Google Apps, so they
could weigh in there.
We were a meeting maker campus, and the migration from meeting maker to
Google Apps was painful. You can contact Craig Rice (cdr@stolaf.edu) if you
would like more information on how we did it. He handled those migrations.
Google Apps calendaring has had a limitation in that:
1. we would like student workers (as admin assistants) to be able to make
appointments for staff in some depts. (ie Health Center, Academic Support
Center, Center for Experiential Learning, etc), but you need to share your
calendar with the student worker, _meaning_ that the student has access to
the staff calendar, and meeting information at all times. The fear is that
the student will forget to logout of their Google Apps account at a public
kiosk, and the next students could sit down and view all of the student
client names and appointment information.
This has been a struggle, and so, the effected departments have continued
to use meeting maker.
Does anyone have any news on Google Apps changes that may help with this?
thanks,
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Shannon Eric Peevey
Systems Programmer
Information and Instructional Technologies
St. Olaf College
1510 St. Olaf Avenue
Northfield, MN 55057-1097 USA
+1 507 786-3731, +1 507 786-3096 (fax)
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Zimbra (we use VMware now)<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><a=
href=3D"http://carleton.edu">carleton.edu</a> (with whom we collaborate) w=
ent with Zimbra ~2008. My only real experience was with connecting Blackber=
ry's for syncing, and the sync tool was limited somehow. (I think that =
it didn't sync with the calendar at the time). But, someone at Carleton=
could weigh in on their experiences. Zimbra was our other alternative, and=
we felt that the Google product was the most compelling.</div>
<div>=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;=
border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF" text=
=3D"#000000">
Oracle's Collaboration Suite<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><=
div><a href=3D"http://www.macalester.edu/">http://www.macalester.edu/</a>=
=A0 migrated from Oracle CS to Google Apps, so they could weigh in there.</=
div>
<div>=A0</div><div>We were a meeting maker campus, and the migration from m=
eeting maker to Google Apps was painful. You can contact Craig Rice (<a hre=
f=3D"mailto:cdr@stolaf.edu">cdr@stolaf.edu</a>) if you would like more info=
rmation on how we did it. He handled those migrations.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Google Apps calendaring has had a limitation in that:=
=A0</div><div><br></div><div>1. we would like student workers (as admin ass=
istants) to be able to make appointments for staff in some depts. (ie Healt=
h Center, Academic Support Center, Center for Experiential Learning, etc), =
but you need to share your calendar with the student worker, _meaning_ that=
the student has access to the staff calendar, and meeting information at a=
ll times. The fear is that the student will forget to logout of their Googl=
e Apps account at a public kiosk, and the next students could sit down and =
view all of the student client names and appointment information.</div>
<div><br></div><div>This has been a struggle, and so, the effected departme=
nts have continued to use meeting maker.</div><div><br></div><div>Does anyo=
ne have any news on Google Apps changes that may help with this?</div><div>
<br></div><div>thanks,</div><div><br></div></div>-- <br>Shannon Eric Peevey=
<br>Systems Programmer<br>Information and Instructional Technologies<br>St.=
Olaf College<br>1510 St. Olaf Avenue<br>Northfield, MN =A055057-1097 USA<b=
r>
+1 507 786-3731, =A0+1 507 786-3096 (fax)<br>
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